On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 08:27:23AM +1200, David Love wrote: > I have been running VirtualBox for some time on Linux Mint as Host. > currently using v4.3.12. The architcture of my computer is x64. > > One thing I have noticed is that when choosing a LInux distribution to > run, only x32 versions are shown in the menu. I have tried running x64 > but always receive a message that it is the incorrect architecture. > > Is someone able to advise me why this is so? Am I doing something wrong? > > David
Your processor needs to support hardware virtualization extensions to run 64-bit guests. Since you can't select 64-bit guests when creating new guests, this means that either hardware virtualization is disabled in your BIOS, or that your processor doesn't support it. The latter is true for older 64-bit processors. Greg -- web site: http://www.gregn.net gpg public key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) If we haven't been in touch before, e-mail me before adding me to your contacts. -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-mana...@eu.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Slashdot TV. Video for Nerds. Stuff that matters. http://tv.slashdot.org/ _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list VBox-users-community@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: mailto:vbox-users-community-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe
